# Akureyri International Airport (AEY / BIAR)

**Akureyri International Airport** (IATA: AEY, ICAO: BIAR) is a large airport in Akureyri, Northeastern Region, Iceland. It has one runway, 2,700 m (8,858 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 216 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/biar

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AEY / BIAR
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Akureyri, Northeastern Region, Iceland
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: 65.6566, -18.0720
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,700 m / 8,858 ft
- Passengers: 215,700 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Website: http://www.isavia.is/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akureyri_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430749
- Weather station: BIAR · WMO 04063
- Ident: BIAR

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 356° / 176° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 176,537 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 176,576 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 188,810 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 205,777 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 197,582 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 182,221 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 81,010 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 139,875 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 194,248 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 195,059 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 205,132 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 215,700 | Eurostat |

## Routes

7 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [GRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bigr.md) Grímsey Airport · Iceland · 99 km / 62 mi · Norlandair
- [THO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bitn.md) Þórshöfn Airport · Iceland · 139 km / 86 mi · Norlandair
- [VPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bivo.md) Vopnafjörður Airport · Iceland · 148 km / 92 mi · Norlandair
- [CNP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgco.md) Neerlerit Inaat Airport · Greenland · 596 km / 370 mi · Norlandair

### Seasonal (3)

- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,623 km / 1,008 mi · easyJet
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,905 km / 1,184 mi · easyJet
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 2,559 km / 1,590 mi · Edelweiss Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AEY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- FNA [Norlandair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norlandair) · 4

### Passenger (2)

- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 2 · seasonal
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 216K (2025) | #1,502 of 3,974 | #329 in Europe | #3 in IS |
| Longest runway | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | =1,894 of 29,858 | =290 in Europe | #2 in IS |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =5,817 in Europe | #74 in IS |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =9 in IS |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | REYKJAVIK ACC | 119.700 |
| RDR | RADAR | 118.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [HZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bihu.md) Húsavík Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [MVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/birl.md) Mývatn Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [SIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bisi.md) Siglufjörður Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [GRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bigr.md) Grímsey Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [VPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bivo.md) Vopnafjörður Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Akureyri Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akureyri_Airport&oldid=1372104230), revision of 30 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/biar/data